Example sentences of "a [adv] long time before [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It will take a very long time before we can fully cooperate ’ , said Czech-born Thomas Messer . |
| 2 | Those actively interested in diamonds will have to wait a very long time before they will be able to put their hands on these cosmic ornaments . |
| 3 | Now that he was n't looming over her , she felt more composed , and it would be a very long time before she ever took a stranger on trust again . |
| 4 | I suppose we we would run the Independent as a professional publication , but it would be run at a loss for a very long time before you could turn it around . |
| 5 | It seemed a very long time before he came back . |